A Papamoa drift-trikes video doing the rounds on You Tube is being criticised by police over the riding involved.

The video, by Team Supertramp who called in at Papamoa-based Blokart Heaven last month, went online on February 2 and is now heading towards one million hits. Today the viewed figure stood at 900,747.

Police are taking a dim view of the video, which can be viewed below.

The video shows a trio of local drift-trikers playing in early morning traffic along Marine Parade and in the downtown Mount Maunganui shopping area – as well as the trikes on the track at the Papamoa venue.

But while the video is providing international publicity for Blokarts, Tauranga police are taking a dim view.

'In light of the video, we are speaking again with riders involved to decide whether any further action needs to be taken,” says Western Bay of Plenty road policing manager senior sergeant Ian Campion.

He's urging the owner of the car one of the riders bumped into to contact police if there is any damage.

Blokarts general manger Matt Beckett says there was no damage to the car when one of the riders was tripped and fell against the rear bumper.

'The (car) alarm didn't pop,” says Matt. 'The guys doing the editing do a particularly good job. There were no alarms, no honking in real life. It's all added, and it's given people reason to get upset.

'The alarm didn't go off on the car and they stopped to see if there were any marks on the car. They would have left a note.

'I know the three people, they have worked for us for a long time and are some of the more reasonable, decent young kids you would hope to find. So they are not out to destroy stuff.”

The video by the popular You Tube channel was never commissioned as a marketing exercise as such, says Matt.

'They were over here, they tracked us down themselves from what I understand,” he says. 'They were shooting here at the track and wanted to get some sunrise and sunset shots.

'It seemed a harmless idea at the time. We've already spoken to the cops, spoken to the senior sergeant in Tauranga and they are not impressed with it and it's not going to happen again.

'But the guy's being reasonable about it. We've been given a proper talking to over it, which is fair enough.”

They have recently sold their first rental fleet to a Christchurch operator, and the video has lifted international interest says Matt.

'They are not available as a retail product,” he adds. 'Part of the problem with them as a retail thing is they require a lot more than your off-the-shelf variety of battery. They are made especially for us to handle the current that we need.

'But we have got heaps of interest for it internationally and this has pumped it up even further as you would expect.”